Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 891: What MSK pathology presents with bone pain and systemic signs of infection (e.g. fever, leukocytosis)?_____

Answer: Osteomyelitis

Flashcard 892: Which type(s) of cells line the fibrovascular projections of an intraductal papilloma of the breast? _____

Answer: both epithelial (luminal) and myoepithelial cells

Flashcard 893: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-strauss) is a form of _____-vessel vasculitis

Answer: small

Flashcard 894: Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is the infantile form (type 1) of _____

Answer: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Flashcard 895: Which skin disorder is characterized by congenital lack of pigmentation?_____

Answer: Albinism

Flashcard 896: The E. coli O157:H7 _____-toxin damages endothelial cells, resulting in platelet microthrombi (e.g. HUS)

Answer: vero

Flashcard 897: The CNS tumor that is histologically identical to testicular seminoma and ovarian dysgerminoma is the _____.

Answer: Germinoma

Extra: Germinomas are the most common tumors of the pineal gland and are histologically identical to testicular seminoma and ovarian dysgerminoma. They characteristically present with Parinaud syndrome (vertical gaze palsy) due to compression of the tectal plate.

Flashcard 898: Microscopic polyangiitis is a form of _____-vessel vasculitis

Answer: small

Flashcard 899: Tabes Dorsalis is characterized by _____ joints due to loss of proprioception

Answer: charcot

Flashcard 900: What finding emerges on blood smear following splenectomy in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis? _____

Answer: Howell-Jolly bodies